X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=lib%2FPublicInbox%2FLeiQuery.pm;h=0f8392362e4bc9ec2fb213a3a349484bf3794798;hb=f7ac353a6e88abdae687cc30d7562a2171684d51;hp=df9c32b301d5be97c07eb4e4543267826f376bb2;hpb=4d78e55e9d6ca77f8b1ef0f19e44cc33cc2cb981;p=public-inbox.git

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
index df9c32b3..0f839236 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ sub _start_query { # used by "lei q" and "lei up"
 			$lms->lms_write_prepare->lms_pause; # just create
 		}
 	}
-	$l2m and $l2m->{-wq_nr_workers} //= $mj //
-		int($nproc * 0.75 + 0.5); # keep some CPU for git
+	$l2m and $l2m->{-wq_nr_workers} //= $mj // do {
+		# keep some CPU for git, and don't overload IMAP destinations
+		my $n = int($nproc * 0.75 + 0.5);
+		$self->{net} && $n > 4 ? 4 : $n;
+	};
 
 	# descending docid order is cheapest, MUA controls sorting order
 	$self->{mset_opt}->{relevance} //= -2 if $l2m || $opt->{threads};